stand by sb
— phrasal verb with stand uk/stænd/us/stænd/verb stood, stood
B2 to continue to support or help someone who is in a difficult situation:
She has vowed to stand by her husband during his trial.
More examples
- She stood by him through his troubled career.
- He stood by her through the difficult times.
- He's my mate and I'm going to stand by him.
- You have to stand by your friends through thick and through thin.
- He promised to stand by her if she chose to have the baby.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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